| Literature DB >> 15310216 |
Elton L Menon1, Rushika Perera, Maribel Navarro, Richard J Kuhn, Harry Morrison.
Abstract
An octahedral rhodium complex (cis-dichloro(dipyrido[3,2a-2',3'c]phenazine)(1,10-phenanthroline)rhodium(III) chloride; DPPZPHEN) has been prepared that can penetrate tumor cell membranes and the Sindbis viral capsid. The compound is phototoxic to these entities when irradiated with UVA light. Model studies with calf thymus and supercoiled plasmid DNA indicate that the complex can both bind with, and nick, nucleic acid. Analysis of Sindbis virus, following irradiation with the metal complex, confirmed that the viral genome was rendered noninfectious by this treatment.Entities:
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Year: 2004 PMID: 15310216 DOI: 10.1021/ic0498586
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Inorg Chem ISSN: 0020-1669 Impact factor: 5.165